AEMT Chapter 15

After an advanced airway device has been inserted during cardiac arrest, you should ventilate an infant or child:

By giving one breath every 6 seconds.

Basic Life support (BLS) is defined as:

Noninvasive emergency care that is used to treat conditions such as airway obstruction, respiratory arrest, and cardiac arrest.

The fourth link in the chain of survival includes:

Basic and advanced EMS care.

During one-rescuer adult CPR, you should compress the patient's chest at a rate of at least _ compressions per minute.

100.

What is the correct ratio of compression to ventilations when performing two-rescuer child CPR?

15:2

In which of the following situations can aortocaval compression reduce the change of successful resuscitation from cardiac arrest?

Advanced pregnancy.

Ventricular tachycardia is:

A rapid contraction of the ventricles that does not allow for normal filling of the heart.

Appropriate treatment for a patient with a mild upper airway obstruction includes:

Administering oxygen and transporting immediately.

If ventilation becomes difficult due to gastric distention, the patient will require:

An orogastric or nasogastric tube.

Which of the following techniques should you use to dislodge a foreign body airway obstruction in a patient who is in advanced stage of pregnancy or who is very obese?

Chest thrusts.

Which of the following is considered an obvious sign of death and would not require the initiation of CPR?

Dependent blood pooling.

Ventilating a patient too fast or with too much volume would most likely cause:

Decreased blood return to the heart.

After an advanced airway has been inserted during two-rescuer CPR, you should:

Deliver ventilations at a rate of 10 breaths per minute.

Complications that may be associated with chest compressions include all of the following, except:

Gastric distention.

Which of the following maneuvers should be used to open a patient's airway when a spinal injury is suspected?

Jaw-Thrust.

A 55-year-old man is found unresponsive in his bed. He is pulseless and apneic. You should:

Move the patient to the floor.

During two-rescuer CPR, the compressor and ventilator switch positions. While rescuer one is finishing his or her cycle of 30 compressions, rescuer two should:

Move to the opposite side of the patient's chest.

In most cases, cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children is caused by:

Respiratory arrest.

Abdominal thrusts in a responsive child or adult with a severe upper airway obstruction are performed:

Until he or she becomes unresponsive.

When ventilating an apneic adult with a simple barrier device, you should deliver each breath:

While watching for adequate chest rise.